Molecular self-assembly scales up from nanometers to millimeters
Can self-assembly based technologies offer advantages beyond conventional top-down lithography approaches?
Nanophysics
Jun 5, 2014
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Global strategy to save sawfish
In an era when global solutions to massive problems like climate change seem elusive, a Simon Fraser University professor is relieved to see that a partial solution exists for rescuing sawfishes from extinction.
Ecology
Jun 5, 2014
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Researchers find chemicals that treat citrus greening in the lab
A University of Florida research team is cautiously optimistic after finding a possible treatment in the lab for citrus greening, a disease devastating Florida's $9 billion citrus industry. It is the first step in a years-long ...
Ecology
Jun 5, 2014
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Federal Reserve interventions during financial crisis actually worked, study finds
(Phys.org) —Contrary to popular belief, the Federal Reserve's effort to encourage banks' lending during the recent financial crisis by providing them short-term loans worked—and, in fact, worked quite well—a new study ...
Economics & Business
Jun 5, 2014
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New ball to showcase talent in World Cup
University of Adelaide physics experts believe the new soccer ball created for the 2014 FIFA World Cup starting next week is a "keepers' ball".
Other
Jun 5, 2014
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Marine biologist examining deep-sea vision on cruise to Barbados, Bahamas
At the depths of the ocean where sunlight gradually fades, crustaceans are specially adapted to see in dim environments. Bring them up to the surface, however, and their sensitive eyes can be damaged—or blinded—by bright ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 5, 2014
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Clean power from waste heat
Siemens has developed a technology to use waste heat, which previously had gone unused, to generate electricity. The solution employs silicone oils, which have a lower enthalpy of vaporization than water, and is needed because ...
Energy & Green Tech
Jun 5, 2014
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Research leads to sensor breakthrough, promises safer structures
UH Mānoa Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor David Ma and Graduate Student Hui Zhang have achieved a long-sought technical breakthrough by proving an efficient method of harvesting mechanical energy ...
General Physics
Jun 5, 2014
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Digs uncover reformative work colonies
Excavations of the Toodyay and York convict hiring depots in WA's Wheatbelt has confirmed that there were stark differences between convict systems in eastern and western Australia.
Archaeology
Jun 5, 2014
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Physicist sifts through sandy shrapnel
Once the site of the Second World War's bloodiest battles, the beaches of Normandy are now a mecca of sunbathing and swimming. Lurking in the sand, though, is a time capsule of those battles.
Environment
Jun 5, 2014
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